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Gr 5–8—This title concludes the original and uniquely satisfying trilogy and will not disappoint fans of the first two books. Picking up where The Whisper (Farrar, 2015) left off in the "solid world," former narrator Alistair Cleary's older sister, Kerrigan Cleary, assumes the narrative. Keri is troubled by what is happening to her little brother, from his involvement in the shooting of Kyle Dwyer to the disappearances of Fiona Loomis and Charlie Dwyer. And now Alistair is refusing to talk about what is going on, except in secret conversations in which he divulges unbelievable stories of a fight he is waging in an alternate universe. As Alistair shares his accounts, Ke...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Starmer here shifts focus from protagonist Alistair (<i>The Riverman</i>; <i>The Whisper</i>) to his older sister, Keri, whose unsettling stories seem inter...Log In or Sign Up to Read More